Thursday, July 17, 2008

#502 - Dave at Night

Dave at NIght
Gail Carson Levine
281 pages

I loved this story, it was totally delightful. She is much more famous for many of her other books. However this one has a wonderful true story behind it and so much heart. You can't help but to enjoy this delightful story.

#501 - Parade of Shadows (January reading)

Parade of Shadows
Gloria Whelan
295 pages

Good book, I always love her stories because they always teach me about a new corner of the world. This one has a great coming of age type of story. The best part is the Dad realizing his little girl isn't just a little girl.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

My 2008 reading goal.

Just a quick note here. I made a reading goal of reading 1,000 pages per week for the year. I did this about 4 years ago, except my goal was 50,000 pages. So I haven't really raised the challenge much but believe me it's a big challenge. Coming along for the ride is Josh my 17 year old son who will be graduating this year. I started really strong but I've found that I have faltered a bit this summer. However I hope to turn things around and get caught up. I really like having a large reading goal like this because it makes me really push myself to read good books. This sets such a good example for my kids and grandkids. Plus it gives me a special purpose to my year. So from here hence forth is my reading for the year 2008!

#500 - The Will of the Empress

The Will of the Empress
By Tamora Pierce
The Circle is Reforged series
550 pages

This is the 3rd series about these 4 amazing young kids. However this series takes place a couple of years later. They've been seperated for about 2 years and it's been dificult for them. However they are coming back together and are starting to renew their friendships. Hence the name of the series... reforged. This one is kind of Sandry's... but really the adventure is for all of them. They once again add a new student that showed up in the last series. It was kinda suprising because it's not who I would have thought. I don't like the path Daja's character takes in this series but other than that it's a good book.

#499 - Shatterglass

Shatterglass
By Tamora Pierce
The Cirlce Open series
359 pages

This is Tris's second book, and like the others she is traveling far from home. She too finds herself a pupil with magic much like hers but also extremely different. This one is pretty cool because of the glass magic in it. This is the 4th book of this series... but she's still writing!

#498 - Cold Fire

Cold Fire
By Tamora Pierce
The Cirlce Opens series
355 pages

This is Daja's second book. As you can tell from the title of the series. The circle of friends is opening up and including more people. Daja is in the far north with her mentor this time. She finds not one student but two. Two twins that also have their own special earth type of magic.

#497 - Street Magic

Street Magic
By Tamora Pierce
The Circle Opens series

This is the second book in this series. It is also Briar's second book. He is traveling with his mentor in another country. Here he finds a little girl Evvy who also has his kind of magic. However hers is with rocks... we see a book about her later in the 3rd series.